Presidential candidates called by Congo's electoral commission for urgent meeting

Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission (CENI) has summoned the candidates in Sunday's presidential election to a meeting at the presidential palace amid reports the vote could be delayed.

Marie-France Idikayi, a CENI spokeswoman, invited the candidates to an 11 a.m. (1000 GMT) meeting. Her message, sent on Wednesday, was seen by Reuters. Idikayi denied media reports on Wednesday that CENI was considering postponing the election by a few days due to delays deploying voting materials to polling stations.